Stacking lumber.



PATBNTED FEB. 3, 190s.

P. M. HAZLETON. SMOKING LUMBER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. HAZLE'ION, OF SIERRAVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

STACKING LUMBER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 719,663, datedFebruary 3, 1903.

Application filed September 26, 1902. Serial No. 124,935. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANCIS M. HAZLEToN,a citizen ofthe United States,residiu g at Sierraville, county of Sierra, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Stacking Lumber; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to vimprovements in stacking lumber, and isespecially designed for the care of the stickers, so called,whichseparate the lumber, and the protecting roofboards.

It consists of a series ot posts set between each of the lumber-stacksand having transverse bars or sections attached at intervals between thetop and bottom for the purpose of holding the stickers. These posts alsohave caps at the top which receive joists across the two ends of thestack, and these joists serve to carry a roof or covering to pro.- tectthe lumber from sun and weather. The object of this is to provide ameans for preserving the roof-boards and stickers and holding the latterin place for convenient use.

In the accompanying drawing the ligure illustrates my invention.

A represents a stack of lumber built up with stickers 2 inserted betweenthe layers, so as to separate them to ad mit air for drying andseasoning.

When lumbenstacks are taken down, the stickers are usually thrown uponthe ground or upon trucks and considerable time is lost in bringing themto the point where they are needed when a stack is to be again built,be` sides breakage and damage, and roof-boards, which are usually laidupon the stack, must also be thrown down in the same way.

3 represents posts which are set in the ground intermediate between eachtwo adjacent stacks, and these posts have cross bars or arms 4, fixed tothem and projecting a lit are always convenient whenever a new stack isto be built. The upper ends of the posts are provided with caps 6, whichare adapted to receive joists 7, extending across the two ends above thelumber-stack for the purpose of carrying a roof or covering. 'The postsare high enough so that this roof or covering is above the highest pointto which the stack will be built, and it may remain permanently in placewhen the stack is taken down or rebuilt. In this manner theroofing-boards, not being disturbed, will last a long time. Thestickers, being removed as the stack is taken down and laid upon thecross bars or arms, are always convenient and at hand for use when thestack is being rebuilt, and the series of cross-bars allow stickers tobe supported at every level where they will be needed.

The saving in the cost of handling lumber by this method is about tenper cent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A lumber-stacking device including co1'- ner-posts having horizontalprojections at different elevations upon which the stickers are placed,crosstin1bers connecting the upper ends of the posts, and a roof orcovering supported upon the cross-timbers said roof and corner-postsforming an in closure for the stack of lumber.

2. In a lumber-stacking device the combination of vertical postsextending the height of the stack and provided with caps, joistsextending across from one cap to another, and a roof or coveringsupported upon the joists said roof and posts forming an inclosure forthe stack and said posts having horizontal projections at dierentelevations upon which the stickers are placed when removed from thestack.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANCIS M. HAZLETON.

Witnesses:

W. J. DOLLEY, L. AVIGNONE.

